Wednesday, July 18, 2012

Get Me Off The Moon Launches Legends 3 "Concept Album" Project

Musicians, or fans of Mega Man Legends music in general, take notice! Get Me Off the Moon (aka 100,000 Strong For Mega Man Legends 3) has announced the Mega Man Legends 3 "concept album" project. It's nothing short of ambitious and everyone's invited to participate.

Your task is this: create the sort of music you think might have been in Mega Man Legends 3, had it actually come out. We've heard a few bits and pieces of Legends 3's music in trailers, but today we're grabbing the bull by the horns and making our own!

"Greetings to you, passionate Legends enthusiasts, Mega Man fans in
general, and other interested parties. I'm going to introduce you to a
project that's both unique and challenging; it is both because nothing
quite like this has ever been tried for a Mega Man game to the best of
my knowledge.

The telltale sign of a good game is one
that you keep playing even after you turn off the machine. You may be
finished playing the game, for the time, but it continues to run in your
mind. You wonder about its world and its characters, questions left
unanswered. You talk to your friends about it, discussing the various
elements of its mythos. You might even go so far as to make a website
about it, or a comic, or your own story with your own characters -
pretty crazy, huh?

Some games just have such fascinating
worlds, they grip you that way. Mega Man Legends is undoubtedly one of
those games. Its wonder, its mysteries and its charm have kept its fans
actively interested in the series, even despite a whole decade without a
new chapter. For this project, I will ask you to harness that sense of
wonder and awe.

You can do a lot of things with
imagination, but what we aim for today is this: a Mega Man Legends 3
concept album. Yes, at its heart, this will be an endeavor about making
music. But it will also be a lot more than that. It will be a
coalescence of music, art and ideas.

In truth, the scope
of this project is broad, so I will try to be as clear cut as I can. The
purpose of this project is to create an album of music that represents
what Legends 3 could have been, as well as flesh out the unseen world of
Legends. This is not a remix project; we will be primarily looking for
original tracks. Any kind of music, any kind of theme, any kind of
style.

Unlike past Neo Devroom events, this is not a
contest. However, we will be looking forward to some amazing music. All
in all, this will be a creative collaborative effort. The forums will be
utilized for discussions about speculation on Legends 3 and its world,
which will give rise to artwork representing those discussions. And in
turn, that brainstorming will hopefully lead to music. It's all meant to
be a broad, symbiotic sort of process, and frankly I can't be sure how
it will work. But what I do know is, if the people who get involved put
their hearts and minds into it, something amazing will be created.

What
do I mean by imagining then world of Legends 3? Well to start with,
imagining what the game would have been about; its characters, events,
locations, and so forth. But it goes beyond that as well. Who are the
kinds of people who inhabit the world of Legends? What are their
customs; their hopes and dreams? What kind of mysteries are buried under
the remaining lands, and floating far above the skies? What mysteries?
What treasures? What terrors?

Ultimately we will be
ushering in music and artwork that gives form to these thoughts, and
what their answers could be. You will listen to this music, and you will
be able to envision the world it describes. That is my wish, anyway.

For
now, there are a lot of uncertainties that remain to be answered. The
scope of this project, as well as how long it will run, are all up in
the air. We are looking to you for that. Right now, we aim to compile
the music and artwork into a digital album that will be available on
Bandcamp. And while this is a completely voluntary undertaking, we do
hope to find some small way to compensate those who help make it.

From
here on, let's see how this goes. I beseech you all to spread the
world, and give it your best effort. The wonder and magic of Legends has
always existed foremost inside of you. Let it out."

And that's that. If this sounds like something right up your alley, stay tuned for further details!